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	Unix server sales sink; IDC cites a perfect storm IDC said that users are apparently postponing purchases of new Unix servers, causing a significant drop in sales of the systems during the first 2010 quarter. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More In this Issue The evolution of IT certification: broadened skill sets for converged infrastructures China flexes supercomputing muscle in Top 500 rankings Researchers develop nanotech for 50TB tape cartridge EMC pays $87.5M fine to settle kickback charges WHITE PAPER: VMware Increasing Desktop Virtualization ROI Make your transition to desktop virtualization as successful as possible with a platform that supports the PCoIP display protocol. You can expect a superior end-user experience and an increased return on investment. PCoIP delivers a 50% reduction in display latency compared with legacy display protocols. Learn More! The evolution of IT certification: broadened skill sets for converged infrastructures The traditional approach to IT certification -- focusing on a specific product or technology, such as networking -- is leaving a lot of people with a skills gap in the world of the converged data center. IT professionals need a broader set of skills that includes servers and storage as well as networking. HP is evolving its training and certification program to close the gap and help IT professionals develop the knowledge and skills needed in the new data center. Read on to see how you or your company can benefit from this quiet evolution. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind? WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. Read Now China flexes supercomputing muscle in Top 500 rankings China flexed its computing muscle with a supercomputer called Nebulae, rocketing to second place on the biannual Top500 list, which ranks the most powerful computers in the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power The Four Trends Driving the Data Center Future Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more. Researchers develop nanotech for 50TB tape cartridge Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. and Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that they jointly created a tape cartridge technology that could eventually lead to 50TB of data being stored on a single cartridge. Read More EMC pays $87.5M fine to settle kickback charges The U.S. Department of Justice said today that EMC has paid the government $87.5 million to settle allegations that it gave kickbacks to consultants and overcharged for hardware and software. Read More
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